This past February, Victoria Kelly was selected this year’s queen, during an event organized by the United Irish Societies of Montreal and attended by the creme de la creme of the Irish community.
Kelly was selected Queen by a seven-judge panel, through a three-round public speaking contest from a pool of participants aged 18 to 25.
She’ll be joined by four princesses: Lianne Short, Darragh Kilkenny-Mondoux, Lauren MacDonald and Aveen Mahon.
Kelly and court will represent Irish Montreal during Irish activities, including the city’s traditional St. Patrick’s Day parade on Sunday, March 17.
This year’s Grand Marshal will be Sean Finn and the Chief Reviewing Officer will be comedian Joey Elias.